Adore Adore Adore. Sprints
Following single 'Literary
Minds' Sprints returns to WoNoBlog. The Dublin based alternative rockers
moving towards punk deserve the spot. Adore 3x is another strong single
filled with energy. The drummer in part plays a sped up marching beat
that catapults the rest of the band forward. The song starts more
traditional though. It is singer Karla Chubb who takes the lead role
here. She is obviously enjoying herself, despite she is not called
beautiful and only insane and the water is freezing and she don't want
to go. The message is rammed home with loads of energy. The band can
only follow and does so with the right accents and sound explosions. Adore
3x underscores my impression of a few months back. Sprints is another
band from Dublin to watch,
Runny Hunny. The Family Battenberg
Or
Mountbatten? Welshmen The Family Battenberg decided to stick with the
old, German family name, changed for geopolitical reasons a long time
ago. History befits the song as well. Runny Hunny leans on a lot of
music history and especially of the garage and psychedelic tock kind. Of
course, psychedelic rock is back in vogue for over a decade again and
new bands keep popping up, tapping into this rich history. The Family
Battenberg is more into the rock variation, in the direction of The
Black Angels with the psychedelic effects kept just a bit smaller. And yes,
it is the variation which, when all is said and done, I seem to like
best. Runny Hunny is a welcome variation to that theme.
Sweeter. Beth Wimmer
Beth
Wimmer has a new love and it shows in her new single. Happiness is all
over the song: "We got a thing and it's just getting sweeter". For time
reasons I'm not going to backtrack her whole oeuvre but I'm pretty sure
Sweeter is her most upbeat song ever. The tempo is up, the mood is up, the
sky is the limit. It is easy to like Sweeter. Together with lead
guitarist Mike Bischof, who she has played with in the past, she has
arranged the song into this fun song that begs singing along to.
Musically Sweeter is somewhere between singer-songwriter, countryrock
and pop, the overall feel is certainly pop and that is a new element in
Beth Wimmer's music. There's an EP announced for 18 August called
'Nature' with plans for a Dutch tour in May 2024. Something to look out for indeed.
Disappear. Wallice
Wallice debuted on this blog with her single 'Best Friend' this spring. Today she returns with another alternative pop song with a similar build up. A soft verse and an overenthusiastic chorus. In the verses Wallice seems to come out of New Zealand. She would be best friends with the likes of Vera Ellen there. In the chorus she rocks loudly but also plays the pop card, as this a festival anthem to be. Here in the Netherlands L.A. based Wallice would be great friends with EUT and in the U.K. with Wet Leg of course. It shows how international music has become. This is nothing new. What is new that in every corner of the world girls and young women are making music that all is of great quality but also somewhat interchangeable. Is that a bad thing? No, not at all. The importance is quality and that is okay with Disappear.
Wout de Natris
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